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Fig. 4.11
Two views of an ice-edge band observed during the 1983 MIZEX project in the Green-
land Sea from the bridge of theR/V
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will most likely suffice most of the time.
3
Nevertheless,
the basic scaling ideas behind the relatively simple similarity theory described in
this chapter, particularly the buoyancy scaling factor,
neutral scaling
(
η
∗
=
1
)
η
∗
, form the basis for more
complexmodelingoftheIOBLpresentedlater.Andthebasicpointbehindsimilarity
3
When the well mixed layer is shallow compared to the dynamic IOBL depth (nominally
0
.
4
η
∗
u
∗
0
/
f
)interaction withfluidinthepycnocline willmodify thedrag relation.